"Slain by the Spirit" lawsuit

[PrincessIneffabelle]

I hope the Holy Spirit has insurance.

Lansing State Journal: Lawyer says church had 'a duty' to catch woman (http://greenandwhite.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070501/NEWS01/705010326/0/NEWS03)


She's suing because the service was so good that she felt "slain by the Spirit", fell down, and bumped her head. She contends that the church should have had ushers standing by to catch her.

I think she should have seen her injury as a Sign from God -- to "sit down and shut up!"

[Darth Rotor]

She's suing because the service was so good that she felt "slain by the Spirit", fell down, and bumped her head. She contends that the church should have had ushers standing by to catch her.

I think she should have seen her injury as a Sign from God -- to "sit down and shut up!"
I agree with you. I am going to guess that the first time she had an orgasm, and banged her head against a bed post, she sued her partner in libido for damages. :cool:

DR

[fuelair]

I agree with you. I am going to guess that the first time she had an orgasm, and banged her head against a bed post, she sued her partner in libido for damages. :cool:

DRI suspect that "slain by the Spirit" may be her first orgasm.:jaw-dropp

[Tanstaafl]

Well, it does seem to me that if you're encouraging people to fall over backwards, you really ought to have someone to catch them.

[Katana]

This is simply more evidence that religious services are just too dangerous.

They must be banned.

[PrincessIneffabelle]

Well, it does seem to me that if you're encouraging people to fall over backwards, you really ought to have someone to catch them.

The article states that the church does indeed have ushers that do just that. For whatever reason, the ushers didn't catch her. Maybe they were busy with the other swayes and topplers.

[Beerina]

I wonder if one can be held legally responsible for things God does. I presume they're not going the route that this is all trickery and/or a natural mental phenomenon, but rather that this was an actual, legitimate supernatural whammy.

[PrincessIneffabelle]

Update:

Lansing State Journal: Woman awarded $314,000 in church fall suit (http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070511/NEWS01/705110349/1001/opinion)

Anybody else thinking about gettin paid going to church this weekend??

[drkitten]

I wonder if one can be held legally responsible for things God does.

Yes, as long as they're the sort of acts that can be reasonably expected.

For example, you probably have an "Acts of God" clause in some of your insurance policies and contracts; if, through an "Act of God," your bank can't make timely payment on a check, you can't sue them. But that only applies to things that no one could reasonably foresee -- in this church, people falling to the floor in religious ecstacy is not only foreseeable, but expected. Unexpected torrential rains are an act of God. Hurricanes are an act of God. Snow, in a Syracuse winter, is not.